First reported by Island Echo

Reports that a yacht had suffered a dismasting off Gurnard led to the launching of Cowes RNLI lifeboat this afternoon (Saturday). The craft in trouble turned out to be a RIB - with 2 people on board - which had...

45-year-old Samantha Patrick has been charged with drink driving following a 2-car collision in Ryde during the early hours of this morning (Saturday).  Police were called at 00:21 to reports of a collision involving 2 cars on Argyll Street, near...

Investigations into a serious road traffic collision involving a van, which occurred on the main road at Ningwood overnight, are continuing this morning (Saturday). The main road between Newport and Yarmouth has been closed from Station Road to Hill Place...

Staff sickness means that Island Line will be operating a revised timetable this weekend and again on Monday (25th July). As the summer holidays get underway and tourists flock to the Isle of Wight, trains will be running less frequently...

HM Coastguard, Police and Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat have responded to concerns for the welfare of a male cut off by the tide at Luccombe this evening (Thursday). Emergency services are currently on scene at  Shanklin Esplanade - the...

A power cut is affecting homes and businesses in the Lake and Shanklin area this afternoon (Thursday). Some 71 postcodes have been hit by the outage, the cause of which is unknown at this time. Electricity supply was lost at...

Firefighters were called to Atherley Road in Shanklin earlier this afternoon (Thursday) when smoke started issuing from a bin lorry. 2 appliances from Ryde and Shanklin were mobilised to the Council car park at just before 13:00. It had been...

Plumes of smoke coming from the exhaust of a van led to a call out for firefighters in Newport earlier this morning (Thursday). Shortly before 09:55, 1 appliance from Newport was mobilised to Sea Street where a Vauxhall van appeared...

Police and paramedics are attending a road traffic collision involving 2 cars on Culver Down between Bembridge and Sandown this morning (Thursday). The crash - involving a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso and a Chevrolet Captiva Ltz - has occurred on...

Police have drafted in the assistance of WightSAR and HM Coastguard in a bid to locate missing 54-year-old Julie Gisborn, who has gone missing from Ventnor. Earlier today (Wednesday) an appeal for information was launched by Hampshire Constabulary as concerns...